State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Indiana, $78,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 44%.
Nominal pay gap
-44%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-37%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Chemists
- Median
- $78,770
- p25
- $63,790
- p75
- $99,870
- p10
- $56,960
- p90
- $133,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
Maryland
Chemists
- Median
- $140,670
- p25
- $103,840
- p75
- $171,310
- p10
- $75,430
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.